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“This particular 808 is arguably the single most important drum machine in history”: The origin of house music in 5 key tracks
Steve 'Silk' Hurley's track is another big slice of house history and while On and On might have been the first house record, Music is the Key defined the sound even further and gave the genre wings ...
"This particular 808 is arguably the single most important drum machine in history"
Steve 'Silk' Hurley's track is another big slice of house history and while On and On might have been the first house record, Music is the Key defined the sound even further and gave the genre wings ...
Hackaday12y
MR-808 Is A Mechanical Version Of The Most Famous Drum Machine
Anyone who has listened to any music from the 80s has heard the percussive effects of the infamous TR-808 drum machine. To the modern ear, it sounds like an antique. Being the most popular drum ...
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Why today's country music looks and sounds like hip-hop
You've got trap beats. 808 kick drums. Rap-like rhythms. Even beatboxing. So, why is Nashville borrowing so heavily from hip-hop these days? It turns out the two genres share a long history ...
Hackaday6y
You Can’t Build A Roland TR-808 Because You Don’t Have Faulty Transistors
That headline sounds suspect, but it is the most succinct way to explain why the Roland TR-808 drum machine has a very distinct, and difficult to replicate noise circuit. The drum machine was ...